Rock Pond Fishing Guide, Franklin County, New York

• Overview

  Out in Franklin County, New York, sits Rock Pond. It stands 1,503 feet above sea level. Roughly 40 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. There is roughly 0.9 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. For supplies, Tupper Lake is 11 miles out. Saranac Lake lies 21 miles off, Hannawa Falls another 27 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Rock Pond

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Records held for Franklin County cover brook trout, white sucker, brown trout, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Rock Pond gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 13°F in January up to 65°F in July. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough mid April. The season between ice runs from about mid April to early December. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Rock Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Potter Pond at 1.4 miles is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at Rock Pond for certain.